The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-19 00:00:00

r 11 711 RRR CAN WE, 'MEET Ce IFA TER THE 4 tv,„r„ , Cogent - A:NT Es' My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup gArden. INT A —"uA.N'S ',L.. WHISKY v. COGNAC, 1 1111 BRANDY. hity.,,e.!_lebrated Old IRI.i WHISKY rivals the finest 41 7 uEir, BRA.NDY, 8 0 1,, e, Delicious , and very Wholesome. % e h : Bottl It nt., e 4, 38• Rd at the Retail Houses in London ; b y _ --- i n the p i n pal towns :n England ; or wholesale 4(t)l:lo,,eB'tilr:lßEAT WINDMILL-STRE W. 11411 an'e le„LVItZal4 Pink Label, and Cork branded M ARIUMR INSURANCE COMPANY mited). l°epr p o rated, with U (Li nwed Liability, under "The C 1 Compan es Act, 1862." kit b PI ta l• One in 00.0' 0 shares of £ lO each. 44e 50 000 shares, instead of 25,000 shares, as before ot P o lit A announced. °- A pp l ication £1 p^r Share Further payment on Allotment LI per Share. 1, 1114,.„ na E DIRECTORS. Pp, tim n rrison , sq. (Messrs. Harrisons and Latham), Roult p wti h ni or .Bq. ( Messrs Boult, English an i Brandon.) PO. Efs 11"4 ntY ynea , Esq (Messrs. A Duranty and Co.) Esq.. Merchant B Kee, • Esq. ( eaars Browne, Hunter, find Co.) • r e, ‘ll x n e r ferd, r.sq. (Me srt. ,eo. Brferd and Co.) I to ll, , I erch , nt. N er c ,Esq. a q►essrg. Miller and Irosman.) I 'l k w ' elf ,s q. Merchant. 11.1 1 T ho ' Messrs Daniel Powell and Co.) ' -ark - n Rid ey . p 3f a Ridley. Soo. and - 0.) eley ' ER A' :8 7 h H number. t•zmith, and co.: Witt' Power. to a'd to their number. M ANAGER AND UNDP,,IVRITER. Henry Mae, Esq Th e N BANKERS. ati onal Benk of Liverpool (Limit ed). ." newt, 011 Brosd-street, London. 1,, Arid its branches in I,eland. B The Union Bank, Ma cheater. g eliry BROKERS. Walker Lucas, Esq., 3, copthall-buildings, London, 4 e(i, j, d 11,41ireekIlivS_clmitz, Esq., Manchester -buildings , Tithebarn -4p:40 0x 7 ,, 0 4, 1 . 10 rick . Pield q Dame-street. Del?lin. 80111 t Esq , 15A ro ss-4reet, Manche _ .ter. e Manchester. q .. . „ t. A nn • e .aq__ AUDITORS. Messrs. Harmood Banner and keg SOLICITORS. Littleda.e Hid'• y, and BardswelL TEMPORARY OFFICES bd~ of a " 5 , Brown's-buildings Liverpoo l. ke.1104 at IRP, li ca.tion may he obtained from the broke rs, kf la..b ail,i por ary offices of the Company, 4 and 5, 11 - '174 tem Liverpool. I ve. b t t D ESDAY next, the 24th February Mt, uAY upon which Applications ha . Shares may 111.1 SOUTTI XV •kLES COLLIERY 4 1; to NY (Limited). 2itil'i" lily of pa eh hasholder is limited by the Act of Vic., cap. o,e till n „. l 2 6th V 89 t o the amount payable upon titt p t 44 : , held by him in the capital of the C h ompany. Illar e ~..1, 06 0, in 8 000 shares, of £25 eac . 10.. per tot t o ; ue Paid on 'application, £2 on allotment.. Calla titles.ti.,lceed £2 10s per share, nor to be made at intervals 'win three months. 'l- 48 DIRECTORS. kt t l‘iii, 114 • Y BAILEY, Esq., M.P. Newport, Chair tild "NNARD E M p (Messrs. R. W. Kennord t ile, e "), ' Esq ' - • " „, S p , °Puty Chairman. v0ki).1... vereker, Director South Staffordshire Railway t lial ?Y. r i3 O lie, Es,'i . , (Sir J. Pirie, Bart., and Co., Birchin• el7tt"(4' Ed Banker, Newport. o Railway ce l lPYworth, Esq., jun., Yew Tree, Live r p ool. ( With power to add to their number.) I N r , BANKERS. it lii„ •ensolidated Bank. Fenchurch-street, E.C. ' 1)1 414," erayrshay Bailey and Co. Newport.. ~ It s '°lt--Gebrge Rootlet.: Esq., 26,. Lincoln's inn-fields. .4 O Thl.o.giert2')Rhtut Hutehi ß n ß al KE a ll ii s d Son, 15, Angel -court, Ili nstreet. 0..0. re hi es h, E e • sq.,AUDITOR Bank of s. rtteli,, Egypt, Old Broad - st reet, s z walford, Es Enfi-ld. etlt'tkity (proem )—James J. Wallis, Esq. °ffiCPR--No. 16, Cannon •street, E.C. e Thi s 1., ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. . C al "Id • ` 3 eilian is f l e a sin g or purchasing .°. :44111%e so. y .. z . lr !n? I for . 1,, , P , ,rt ato ,u o r ro ll Wles Basi . n, andworking the collieries h tt:i re bei ngl e c"'un mum. th,,, t t1 , 91,, for Bessele4 ati of any a k t i e nd for promoters cr totbilre benefit of gable,r the shareholders will ob . tain 4?1, ll ary e x the employment of the capital mood, 'tu tu Penses being confined to the necessary die AN. 8 .. ,11,4, Icahn t tla for • 11, c 1 •' tt t he brok shares in the ann_exmed_afnoyrm, or to the 0 ,1 !t e iI, !re or bankers of the Company may be I),,,:_ih Compitfieon: or to Messrs. Cra from 4.7etuses cap he bankers at Newport , a n ß y a o i Bailey and whom ip fi th,:" . , And allotment,hn is made the_depnasreitawill be returned b all •tted bs less kip,. ;hat anoii,, d 4 . th. number of . a so will be applied r ., - rulg th e 4 "'T, the payment in eve 011„ T s Iti o • t l ef th e r ftit k , ,,, ! the c orn ‘ r p t l ieles of association may be seen at the ,o. (2, 1864. 1:13% I tb }• °41 1 4 n D ' -' ri -. APPLICATION FOR SHARES. 0 8 :tler a lr e 7, k V' the South Wales Company (Limited). bankers the sum ot i ii. 1 1 44 4 11 • t h i 'll-se reil ing qu p e a s i t d th to st y y o o u u r will allot me (Limited) ; b• '6 14 t-e South r W ' ales Colliery Company in . 4 th "eb Y a gree to accept such shares, or any less nu d quest you to place mY filllt ter t th e re in g•L Y tet al o lo f t m m e e re'bers for !he number o f shares o me ....I am . GPrith-men, Name in full Address in full Thi Usual signature f or Date .............. ... wh0...... . will t tt te be p resented to the bankersentire, '` , ..._ 13 n and return - th e receipt to the applicant. SOuT FT WALES COLLIERY ' LoN, CO M PANY (Limited ) . It A t cPiv ~"- ' ( : ) N APPLICATIONS in t his Company will 'Sp e kv 4lt " MONDAY, 22 , i inst.; a nd not later than 23d, from the COUNTRY. By order of the Board. CI r Y MERCANTILE CLUB and a n c•NING HALL COMPANY (Limited). c,ara'fid --M under the Companies Act, 1861) r AO, in 8000 shares of £lO each. Per Share on application, and Ll on allotment, ` 4O allotment be made the deposit will be returned 4 in full. l; ' L , DIRECTORS. 'll)l.Fti,.,r,r''.",, Rsq. Leather Merchant, Holloway. g (1 \11 m 's'cl ' lhTos el ( '''" 4: lDe, Army and Navy Club. It eN r ,,, I, ,,ury Davenport, Esq. (Deputy Commissary m'ittioli,), Clarendon Lodge Brighton. 1 , ,, 4 ,, 11 l r`, o ll ,ann Derharn, E:q. (of the firm of Wilkinson I,etkk""'lx spinners, Leeds. Ti;: ,ra ''tw,,,,, i '' ugastus Legg, Esq., The Willows, South b ilt ita Ha rdtviek •7 i land-terrace, Leeds. ei' l l i 'r Et . -1 1-'' 2l . ' jt nl"raul's-grove, Canoribury. '4 "Br . i u k ''' ' ' (Director of the City and . Coun y dentat,,e i .,. , c le, Esq. (' 'ritti r , lit,,,,_ l 2l3pany), 26, Ashley-place, Victoria-street, 4, tli Arr . t '4 , &II ~,,- -a , Palli er, Oriental Club. 6 ''et Old' -"aid• : Merchant, Great Winchester , ,., -i, L.,sq , E ernad-street, Ci'y. . Winchester - EA power to add to their number. \I A 1118 London and County Bank, Lombard- Stre et, City, and Hanover-square. Assets: ,r, SOLICITORS. 4 /3. l l, l3 t l D:tts and Sinl, 2, Sise- . lane, Bucklersbury, City. 4 and Yewriall. Leeds. I gt „ ,o AUDITORS• li tie ' C mPer Winn and Co., SA, Lothbury, London. 40 14 4... A tl i; XV: Blackburn, E.q.,Bradford. St . "` r " Ashto n , Esq., 75, Old Broad-street, City Tempelll), oce ^tLY (pro tem.)— Tempest. ll l '' int Lu ces- - 24, Bucklersbury (two doors from the Mansion House.) 0 11 C` Mansion h Cit y M can ile Club and Dining I: , t l . l° 'iti r) : lPar l to the public the t'r Directors have pleasure in 14 r ti .t at they are supplying a great public want, it r it e l Iliverarall admitted that— a!' lib a r i lir ptri --- vied to the constantly D ()f C li, of the commercial and mercantile world increasing growth and ,t 4. l it r)tden Assn ire ger tl y c üblic dining . 1) : „ want,. ( l . I? ) ,l 4l t " f r ,,, lu t b ,_i e vrith its private dinin reading, and smoking ti•i':',.. th e f exclusive use of me g n,b . ers, will be conducted t,, e 4 tm ~ flan agernent of a committee, strictly upon the tof 'ltgi 'n ' airuilar eat kblishments, with..a.sm.all entran.c,. E, i 'Dtfil glbscription and a moderate dining room tariff. world. The t Thli I , t the views 'f men o f the commercial L o q tf ii ^lrf u T 4 a n n ! will c-entain from 30 to 40 bed • ooms. b.( '') h e ,t en shares and upwarts will (subject to the 4U. 1tl "Mitred to the membership of the club, without h e c e fee, ill ' 6 "d capable n 'tY Iltlblira dining ' hall s will be onaansyc e e l :rat,it,ent. of comparison with s e t abl worthyi e h ni e o n f t the on frei-u'rentorshay.e purchased in one of the . st !Ind most ( r ri tt ii Bi 'nations in . the CI 3,, in close proximity . to . t e tt i . et. lith, placeser, of business. a magnificent. range of buildings L. Ittita erected under th> superinteendof an eminent having nearly 30,000 41 ' ll ' pf, tI rri f to t i tl r lt: p ec c e e ntr a e nd of p C r h e. s a P e a m P inently adapted to_ tmlitelurte i„livvi,'4,l),ts of all branches of the p r oposed . es e ta to b r l s ah whether ~,!_ (1„ a ; °:' .for the consideration et th_eDire basement floors. the n ';(1 1.1 „, ~Nr u i! to let .1 the round d 4 1 ' 1 . niewriltatch the pr k o . vidin: n g i a 1 mid these fl ors b-, til,i l r e . t (1, they f pv he un era icni,gri, ample n sti, space for the re •th•Antpe a substantial will . a, dividend command t a he re p n t, t i a d l - s u u p ffi c c a i li r ta t i r . o p, 4 n stantia. p . h ,lti, 're'torg have carefully considered the prole ;Ms, - , a nd retu•ns of this undertaking . , and their most r Int '''''' c alculations show a dividend of from 30 to 40 pe , 1 ., The t N . n'''' • ~ " Pet 'ws c'mr , ratulate themselves on having secured rh 'et v4i ti ' l 4 co-o - eration of several gentlemen w hose 1411 knowled and experience will be truly desirable. '4(.4,j ''sequenceof a large amount of share . s having b been f :I'lli, 374 PPlied for (and a most encouraging - . num number o , 4 11),,; . '"IIN made fo- Club mernbership),the Directors are '''4,;, ; '''d to add that . the list of applications for shares can 11 t ., 11 414, 1 ,?Pen tor a limited peri , gl only. In the meantime '' , l', - ,:', a `lons for the n hotted shares must be made to the I) 4 N , ' C'ts or Seer e t u ry " ; the required dep3sit having been Th r ,;": l 3' Paid te e the Bankers of the Company. ill( 2ea • ,tticlec, of Ass•)ciation can be seen at the Company's v FO D „ "q, ". OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. o " I).rectors of the City Mercantile Club and Dining ROe 6 Hall Company (Limited). vsquest that you will allot me ,qe.. 1 " ,,' ZlO each, in the above Company, and I encicse a i ltta;,.: ), the deposit of LI per Share thereon : and I un P 4 Y the further sum of LI on allotment, to pay Whep 'LL.reon, and to execure the articles o f asso cia t ion e quired. Dated this day of 18 I(ames in full .. Residence Profession or trade .. Place of busiaesa ;‘,"' ‘) N°. 22 356 CURNI , URE, (3ARPKTS, BEDDING. ~,,. FLOORCLOTFI, CARRIAGE -FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless o. amount or dis'ance First class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Shown omit occupying an acre of ground. Every ar icle warranted CLE GY triEN ar.d GENTLEMEN ABoUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and are publishing an entirely New Edition ot their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ill istrated by no admirable engraving- of every description of F gratis and urniture and Bedsteads, with prices a ttached. A copy sent post-free on application. This costly work es° contains complete estimates fur furnishing on the following revised cale : A Rix-roamed Parsonage ........ L'74 3 0 A n Eight-roomed ditto .......... 138 1 259 16 0 A Ten-ro , men ditto ....... 6 A Twelve-roomed d i tto .......... 391 11 0 t og ether with a erine List of purified :seldinp.:, and a mass of valnable inforinationto all requiring hiuseh )Id turniture carpet., or bedding. Reference. kindly permitte to C‘er men and gen -1 men in nr near Greitt dtivern. Southampton, Chichester. Bury, E y, Pfefit,oll, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxior i Br ghton, G a insbnrouirh, 3 taines e , Do rkin I crgat. Kidder minster, Wellington Croydon, Cambridge, - ugh, z.t. David's, g:, rzt Alban's. Worc,ster, ifiswich, Peterboro Wrexham, and above 500 0 her places in all parts of G eat Br Vain CI )B iIETT and rO.. General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge London, t..E. LONDON AND S 0 TH-W ES T ERN RAILWAY The Directors are prepared to receive TENDFRS for the Pone f all (.1" any poilion of £3O ,000 of the 0 RDINAR S OCR of the Corn , any, to be inscribed into the names of appl eants free of all expense. The Dividends on the full amount to accrue from the Ist January List. 0 per cent. to be enclosed upon the am ount senuct th times d , red for, and the re riaining• 80 per cent. to be paid aas may be agreed upon. The Company beim; bound to , g-ree to receive paym , nt not later than 30th Tune next, it desired in the tender to do so. Interest t the rate of 6 per cent. per annum will be charged upon any amount un aid after the 1 , 4 March. tender in part. The Directors reserve power to accept any viz for any tree sum than that tendered for. The Directors wi I fix a mini um unct r whf 'II no tender veil , be ?tempted, and will meet on fhursday, the 25th hist, at 12 o'clock. to opt n the tenders. Tenders to be addressed to ALFRED MOR GAN, Treasurer, Waterloo-bridge Station. Feb. 18, 1884. T GRE AT EASTERN RAILWAY COM FIVE PER CENT. PREFERENCE SHARES. The D'rectors of the Great Eastern Railway Company hereby give notice, that, in afrordance with the Act, the SE( ON ) CALL of .£2 10s. per Share is payable on or before TUESDAY, the 23d February, 1861. at the Union 'Rank of Lond n, Princes-street. Mansion-house, et r London, or at M es srs. Glyn, Mills, and Co. , C 7, Lombard-eet, London. It will be necessary for the holder of the z - crip to presen in t the same to the banker s at the time of making pay mans, erl order to have the receip t propy filled The Five per Cent. interest will aid on the Ist of be p March and on the Ist of September in each year. By order, J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopsgate-terminus, Feb. 4, 1864. GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. FOUR-AND-A -HALF TOCK. PER CENT. PREFERENC E S Thl Great Eastern Railway ompany are prepared to re ceive APPLICATIONS for SUMS of £lOO, or upwards, of the above Stock. created under the powers of their Act of 1862 bearing a fixed P referential Interest of 4. per cent. per annum. Interest commenc es from the date of payment. Ap lications to be made either personally or by letter to the undersigned. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. FI RST-CL ASS SECURITY —The STRAND ATIJ , I , HALL COMPANY (Limited), is now issuing 1, )iiTG AGE BONDS of £5O each, being a First Chargetupon the Property of the Company, repay able in Three Years. hal and b ear i n g Interest at Ten per Cent . p er Annum, p able . - yettrly. Apply at the Offices of the Compa n y , 345, Strand, W.C. lor. Stoc., and Share Broker , 11, Token crt t o Mr G. T. Tay house-Yard, B.C. By Ord - r of the Board, FREDERIC LAWRANCE, Secy. S rEAM from LONDON to NE W YORK he British and American ' , team Navigation rompany (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Set w Steamers TWICE EACH .tIO2TH for New York: — Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2 00 5 4 ,0 .... Capt. GLOVER. WESTMI N6TER 2,500 ..... 5 1 0 ..... Capt. roucu DUBLIN 2,-00 ..... 500 Capt FROM). NEW YORK 2,500 ..... 500 .. .. apt. HARRIS. These magnificenr vessets are unsurpassed by any ocean going ste tmer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete wito every comfort. The Line will commence early in March ; the ex ,ct da e to be fixed in a .atter announcement. To load in the Victoria Docks. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and C 70, uornhilL T HE LONDON RESTAURANT COMPANY (Limited). Capital .£50. 1, 00, in 10,000 Shires of 5 £ each. This Comoany is formed for the purpose of establishing larLre Dining Flails and Luncheon Rooms, in which will e offered Dinners and Refreshments of a first-class character, at charges adapted to the means of the various sections of the commercial public. That which Mr. Lai.g has effected in Glasgow and Duval in Paris, with suchmarked 811 , COES, th e Directors seek to accomPlii-h in London, feeling per s,,aded, as tree " Tim es " remarks, that, " • ant o o s peculation can be safer than tha , based on supplying the wf a good mea at the lowest price." Althou_h the London Restaurant Company will offer ac commod ,lion of a kind that has not hitherto bee buy, n attemp , ri from tine t is felt e markets in which it proposes to and the var i o us sources of revenue that w ill be pe ned up, i that this undertaken presents elements of suc althoughcess far grsome eater than any of tie joint - stock hotel companies, of these have realised very large dividends for Shares may be Pros p e ctuses and Porms of Applications ob+ained from W. E. Duncan, Esq., solicitor, SO, Basingliall street ; a. , d of the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company , 3, Finsbury-Rvment. T HE BRITISH COLONIAL STEAM SHIP COMPANY (Liited). Capital £250.00 , in 5,000 O ia res of £5O each. (With power to increase.) LI per share payable on application, £4 on allotment. No t more th £25 per share, by instalments, will be called during the present } ear. )IIRECTORS. Robert Brooks, Esq., M.P., Lon O. H o bert Gillevie, Esq. (of Messrs. Gillespies, Moffatt, and C London. C ptain Henry Carr Glyn, R.N. Eden Colvde, Esq., Director of the Hudson's Bay Company, and f the t?oftl ke Mail Steam Pacet Compleyan Carter, and y. J o h n Temperley. g. (of Messr, k T emper, Parke , Loudon. John Walter tiouglas, Esq., London. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Mills and Co., Lombard-street Buox RS. Messrs. Seymour and 0., 48 Throgmorton-street , SOLIC,TORS. Messrs. Bischoff, Coxe, and Bompas, 19, Colman-street. SECPETARY (pro tern.) Henry William Carter, Esq. Temporary Offices-3, White Lion-court, Cornhill, E.C. PROPECTUS. The primary object of this Conriany is the establ i shment cf a rt mitar line of steam shtpr between the ports of Mon treal and Quebec, in Canada, and the United Kingdom, par ticular y at present totally un rovided tor. Ac commodation will 1 nte afforded tor the trade of Newfound land, Nova ' , cot's, and New Brunswick, as may be required, and s may offer remuner tive restuta. The n-cessity of direct and regular steam communication between Lond n and British North America has 1 ng beet, most seriously felt by the'merchants interested In this trade ; the want ot it has nt' soe years past coelled them to forw rd large quantii i ie of m vauable goods to mp Liverpool and Glatt ow. incurring the h avy expense of ra lway trans t, and damage o •casioned thereby, as well as great uncert 'int in the time of sitionent. The large wh sle houses in London, for the sale of every description of ti xti le fabrics, are especially interest hy ed in this undertaking- they having been seri usly prejudiced the greater facilit , es for shipment whi , la their rivals in Man chester and other nor hern towns possess. By official returns, it appear that the total imports and exports at Montreal were below 20,000.000 do lane in 1 856 wher e as they reached in 1862 nearly ,0,000,001 dollars. The fact of the trade being nearly d ,üble iin the space o seven years. proves the ne!essity of more ra:•id and extended com mimic tion, whilst the v si prdgress in the production of the West (all of which district is now seeking a transit through Canada as being the shortest and au ckest route to Europe), shows that the demand for freight must steadily improve. It is a well known tart that the existin; lines running to ri Ameca have been tar ely remunative it is economicalthe refo e comanage n- fidently beAleved th,t under proper and ment d with the important interests combined in this uudertak,ng, a reasonable mercantile profit will be realised. A large number of passengers of all classes from the east and south of England and the Contine nt of Europe will select this route, and aid further to the success of the Company. It is not intended at present to appy tor ally postal sub sidy. as at is ty lieved the vessels will pay better exempt from Government co trot. In the event of insufficient emtdoyment offering et any time during the w nter to Portland, the ves sels will be employed in of er trades as circumstances may require anas mv apnear advantageous to the Company. Means have bee a n taken to secure the se rvices of practical men conversant with the trade. and arrangements will be made with firms of long experience to manage the ships and their outfits in Lo don and Canada. Premises of support to a considerable amount have been given by merchants here and in Canada. Lout , shares are re s rved for subscribers in the Colonies. '1 he object of the ptincip..l movers in this undertaking is to sustain and increase the connes ton of the Port of London with the British North American Colonies, by securing a re gular and speedy conveyance ter their goods. No promotion money will be paid by the Company. - - FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the British Colonial Steamship Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid to your Bankers theharesinth sum of hove b •ing a depo sit of LI per share on s e ' I hereby request that yo u will allot me that num bCe°rm, Panad"Yi accept such shares, or any less number you may allot me, and afire" to execute the articles of association on when required ; and I re q uest that my name may be placed the register of shareholders for the in full shares so allotted. Name Residence Profession or Business Date...................... MESSRS. BO JACKSON, A ND CO 1. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the Year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances,le al t Camber- W estm i ns ter Rank. F ost-uffize Orders payab Well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cu M p. a Add ress —BoTT and JACKGON, "n of the World" Wine torco, Creorp-otreot, CsuiDerwell-park, Loudon. . ff I St C • `1" -- 1 110 111il b 1i Ott;si. . . E - • F r: •••-,350 , 11, ° 7- D s tir . 0 D OA ', o N t. . • PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. than once. The number cf Roman Catholic prisoners at present in the prison --Adults, 216; juveniles, 7—total, 223. Religious persuasion of all the present prisoners.— Church of England, 397; Roman Catholics, 223; Wes leyans, 5 ; Presbyterians, 3 ; Independents, 2; Jewess , 1 ; total, 631. " House of Detention, Clerkenwell—The return from this prison stated that a return for three years could not be fur• nished. The religious persuasion of each prisoner kept since the passing of the Prison Ministers Act was as follows :--- Church of England, 1,396 ; Dissenters, 46 ; Presbyterians, 5; Roman Catholics, 469 ; Jews, 13; other denominations, 5 total, 1,874." Mr. NORTIIALL LAURIE moved that these reports he printed, and taken into consideration on the next county day, He also gave notice that he should move a resolution for the appointment of Roman Catholic chaplains to each of the county prisons, RELIEF TO DISCHARGED PRISONERS. Lord EBUILY, in bringing forward the subject of affording aid to prisoners on their discharge from prison, in connection with the Prisoners' Aid Society, said be should occupy the attention of the Court for a very short time, as all the magis trates he had the honour to address were conversant with the necessity of giving a prisoner who deserved it some aid on his discharge from prison to enable him to gain a liveli hood by honest labour. A great amount of attention had been given to this question by the public, and the Legisla ture, acting on public opinion, was desirous of doing that which would best promote the reformation of discharged criminals. As long as forty years ago an act was passed which enabled the visiting justices of any gaol or house of correction to give a moderate sum of money to enable dis charged prisoners to obtain permanent employment. That power was very sparingly exercised, for it was difficult for them, with the very moderate sum of money placed at their command, to produce the desired effect. It was therefore found that the most effective mode of doing good to pri soners on their discharge from prison was to place them under the care of the Prisoners' Aid Society, who would take charge of them, and watch over them for a few days until they should be able to obtain employment for them. The society thus taking charge of the prisoners would receive the contribation of the county, by which they would be partly supported, and they would also be partly supported by the money earned in prison for good conduct by the prisoners themselves, and by their joint means enable them to earn an honest livelihood. A few years ago the Legislature passed an act which allowed a certain number of visiting justices of any house of correction to grant certain amounts to the funds of this society, having given their certificate that the rules of the society met the object they had in view. The Discharged Prisoners' Aid Sociely was a branch of the Reformatory and Refuge Union, and it had been taken up with great success, and the number of names of gentle men who were on the management of that society afforded guarantee that it would be carried on in a satisfactory man ner. A sum of money would be granted to each prisoner, which in no case would exceed £2, and the prisoner who was to be so aided would be selected by the magistrates them selves, but it would be stipulated that the sum of money should be spent by the society solely for the use of the pri soner for whom it was granted. There had been a provision made for women and juvenile offenders, but nothing had been done for their adult discharged prisoners. This society found lodgings for them for a few days, and they were en abled to look out for masters and get employment for them. He concluded by moving that the magistrates of the county prisons do issue their certificate, adopting the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. Mr. MARSHALL seconded the motion, and said there had long been a defect in the prison arrangements as to the dis posal of discharged prisoners, there being no regular orga nised body to take part in the distribution of any money that might be collected, and he thought that should be done by this society under the act .of Parliament. This society was formed for the relief of those who had fallen into crime from distress or some unexpected difficulty, and who had respect able connexions, giving them shelter and food, and thus pre venting them from going back into a criminal career. It might appear that the sum proposed was too small to do good, but experience had shown that was not so. In Bir mingham and Manchester a much smaller sum had been the means of doing very much good, the total expenditure being £517, divided among 407 persons, which averaged £1 ss. 71d. only each person. The county, therefore, would only contribute the sum spent on each prisoner, and by which a great amount of good would be done. lie hoped that the Prisoners' Aid Society would commend itself t' the - good opinion of the magistrates of the county, as it was intended only to select such cases as wore promising, and not those who were deep seated in clime, as they would go on in regular course with penal servitude and so on, and their only object was to enable the really promising man to obtain an honest living after his discharge. Mr. KEMSHEAD did not like to agree to the proposition without knowing what expense it would lead to, and he thought it ought to be referred to the visiting justices of Coldbath-fields for consideration. Mr. N. LAURIE did not think if delay was occasioned by reference to the visiting justices, that it would lead to any satisfactory results, for the visiting justices could give them no information. They would be unable to tell how many eligible subjects there might be in the prison from time to time. The question was, not how many prisoners ware willing to reform, but how many society would allow to reform ; for on the discharge of a prisoner every head and face was averted from him but that head and face that it was desirable he should avoid ; and ho be lieved not five of the gentlemen he had the honour to ad dress would take a discharged criminal into their service, and if they did, their other servants would not associate with him. This society then came to their aid, and would find channels of employment for them. There would be another advantage in the motion being carried, for it would diminish the necessity of giving so many " stars" (re wards) in the House of Correction, which the governor of that prison would tell them was an unmixed evil. He was delighted at this proposition, the effects of which they could hardly estimate, believing that one-fourth of this £2 would set many of these people on their legs to get their tools out of pledge and start afresh in the world, and there fore he thought the Court ought to meet this proposition with feelings of hope for the future. The motion was put and carried unanimously.l The rest of the business was disposed of, and the Court adjourned. RAILWAY INTEL LICENCE, ISLE OF WIGHT. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes. terday at the offices, Great Gene-street, Westminster, Mr. F. 11. Atherley in the chair. The report stated that, with the exception of one property between Shanklin and Ventnor, the contractor was in pos session of all the land necessary for the line and stations, and the works had so progressed during the past 6 months as to entitle the line to be opened to Shanklin in May next. The stations at Ryde, Brading, Landown, and Shanklin had been commenced, and arrangements had been made for the purchase and delivery, in May next, of the necessary stook for the working of that portion of the lino which the direc tors confidently hoped would then be opened. In anticipa tion of the opening, the directors had thought it right to invite the co-operation of the existing steamboat companies running from Southsea and Stokes Bay Piers, to secure, in connection with the railway, an improved and more rapid through communication between the Undercliff and London, and it was hoped that such arrangements would be made as to render it unnecessary to seek other means of acoomplish ing an object so necessary to the fair" development of the undertaking. The statement of accounts showed that £98,276 had been expended with the exception of £554. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the progress that had been made with the works, as now there was every proba bility of the early opening of the line. It was hoped that by an understanding with the South-Western Railway Company greater facilities than at present existed would be given to passenger traffic from and to the metropolis. Capt. 1111Ifili seconded the motion, and said that there was every reason for believing the railway would be opened in May next. If the South-Western gave improved trains a journey which at present occupied 6 how s and three quarters would be accomplished in 3 hours and three quarters. The report was then adopted. The retiring directors, Captain Midi and Mr. George Young, were re-elected, as was the retiring auditor, Mr. C. L. Christian. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. THE SUIV, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1864. WHEEL. It AND WILSON'S PRIZE MEDAL. LOCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES -139, Regent-street, London. Wheeler and Wilson's L°cK STITCH sEWING MACHINES — Prize Medal, International Exhibition, London, 186?. Wheeler and Wilson's L OCK STITCH SEWING MACHINES Gold Medal, Paris, 1861. Wheeler and W iJson's Lora STITCH St WING MACHINES — Awarded Prize Medal at the American Institute, 1863. 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Where may be seen the Asters; Bushman and Wife; Julia Pastrana and Infant; Eng and Shang, the Siamese Twins; and upwards of 3,000 Models, Natural Preparations, .te. Egyptian Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years old. Admission, One Shilling (tor Gentlemen only). TROUSERS. —Special attention is called to the WINTER GOODS, and gentlemen who do not mind paying a fair price for a good pair of trousers can depend on material and i.atterns that cannot be ex:;elled, at HAMILTON and KIM I'TON'S, TAILORS, 105, Strand (opposite Exeter Hall). Meeting of Middlesex Magistrates. A general meeting of the magistrates of the county of Middlesex was held yesterday at the Session-house,Clerken well green, Mr. H. Pownall in the chair, and there was a very numerous attendance. THE ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN ON THE BIRTH or A. PRINCE The following answer was received to the address pre- seLted to her Majesty on the occasion of H.R.H. the Prin cess of Wales having given birth to a Prince : " Whitehall, Feb. 15, 1864. "Sir,—l have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful address of the Court of Quarter Ses sions of the county of Middlesex, on the occasion of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales having given birth to a Prince, and I have to inform you that her Majesty was pleased to re ceive the address very graciously.-1 am, Sir, your obe dient servant, "G. GREY. "Henry Pownall, Esq., Chairman of Quarter Sessions for the County of Middlesex. The CHAIRM AN said that application had been made to the Prince of Wales to be allowed to present the address t© him in person, but an answer had - not at present been received, Lord EBURY moved that her Majesty's most gracious answer be entered on the minutes, which was seconded by Mr. B. ARMSTRONG and unanimously agreed to. THE COMMITTEE OF ACCOUNTS AND GENERAL PURPOSES. The report of the Committee of Accounts and General Purposes was presented, which stated that the coroners' accounts were as follow :—J. Humphreys, Esq., 184 in quisitions, from the Ist January to 3d February, £387 198; E. Lankester, Esq., 138 inquisitions, between Ist January and 4th February, £340 14s ; James Bird, Esq., 41 inquisi tions, between the Ist January and sth February, £lO3 16s 6d; Charles St. Clare Bedford, 27 inquisition', between the Ist and 31st of January, £62 7s. The report alluded to the notices which had been given for new railways which would interfere with the county establish ments, and they were as follow :—The Tottenham and Far ringdon-street Railway and the Metropolitan Railway would interfere with the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields; the London Low Level Railway with the House of Correc tion, Westminster; the Metropolitan District Railways and the Metropolitan Grand Union Railway with the Sessions House, Westminster; and the Hammersmith and City Railway Extensions with the militia storehouses at Turn ham• green. Mr. KEMSHEAD moved the reception of the report, and said, with respect to the railway bills, a joint committee of the two houses of Parliament had been appointed, and was now sitting, to consider the beat method of dealing with metropolitan railway schemes ; and it would rest with the Court whether the committee of this Court should continue to watch these schemes or take any other course that might be thought fit. Lord ENFIELD said a Parliamentary committee had been appointed to whom some of these schemes would be referred next week. _ _ _ It was then agreed that the committee of the Court should continue to watch the progress of these bills. THE PRISON REPORTS. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Cor rection, Coldbath fields, was presented ; and it stated that the number of prisoners that day in custody was 1,832. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction at Westminster stated the number of prisoners there was— felons and misdemeants, 184; and vagrants, 47. Captain MORLEY, on moving that the latter report be re ceived, adverted to a statement made by Mr. Halawell at the last court, that no record was kept in that prison of the religion of the different prisoners, and said that a record had been kept of the religion professed by every prisoner for the last 20 years. The report was received. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Deten tion was presented, which stated that the number of pri soners that day in custody was 223 ; of whom 64 were for trial, and 117 for further examination. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRISONERS. Reports were presented from the visiting justices of each of the three county prisons showing the number of Roman Catholic prisoners received during the three years ending respectively Michaelmas 1861, 1862, and 1863—the number of such prisoners within the same prisons respectively, and the total number of prisoners in the same prisons respec tively at the times above mentioned. " Coldbath-fleids— F om Michaelmas 1860 to 1861 the total Rumba of Roman Catholic prisoners was 1,679 ; ditto, 1861 to 1862, 2,085; and from 1862 to 1863, 2,132. The number of such prisoners visited at their own request by Roman Catholic clergymen during the year ending Michael mas, 1863, was 195, in some cases one prisoner being visited more than once. Since the passing of the Prison Ministers Act the religious persuasion of all the prisoners was as fol lows :—Church of England, 3,891 ; Roman Catholics, 1,233; Dissenters of various denominations, 52; Jewe, 21; Lutherans, 2 ; Mussulmans, 11—total, 5,210. On the 10th of February the return of those that day in prison stood as follow :—Established Church, 1,374 ; Roman Catholics, 391; Baptists, 6 ; Presbyterians , 12 ; Wesley ans, ; Le there'll., 3; Jews, 15; Mussulmans, 2—total, 1809. " House of Correction, Westminster—The following are the numbers of Roman Catholics committed to the prison during the three years ending Michaelmas, 1863 :—Michael 1861.—Adults, 1,915 ; juveniles, 62—total, 1,977. Michaelmas, 1862—Adults, 1,963; juveniles, 57—total, 2.020. Michaelmas, 1863—Adults, 2,035 ; juveniles, 47 — total, 2,082. The number of prisoners—Michaelmas, 1861— Adults, 1,416; juveniles, 58—total, 1,474. Michaelmas, 1862—Adults, 1,518 ; juveniles, 52—total, 1,570. Michael mas, 1863—Adults, 1,620; juveniles, 38—total, 1,658. The number of commitments exceeds tho actual number of person' on account of many having been committed more HAYLING. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yester day at the offices, 6, Victoria-street, Westminster, Mr. G. Rende in the chair. The report stated that the works were being carried on in such a manner as to insure an early cc tnpletion of the line, and it was expected that a portion would be ready in itlay next. The accounts showed that £17,000 had been received and expended. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded and carried. The retiring directors, Mr. C. Reade and Mr. Gowland, were re-elected, and the proceed ings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. METROPOLUAN RAILWAY SCHEMES. Yesterday, on the reassembling of the joint committee on these schemes, Earl Granville in the chair, engineering evidence was taken at some length, relative to the necessity of extending railway communication in the metropolis and its suburbs. RAILWAY BILLS. Yesterday, befor e th e e xaminers , the following bills were withdrawn:—Brighton Tramway, Preslatyn and C ma Rail ways and Tramways, and Bridport Harbour Railway and Pier. , t i: WAr-fA x i IN :MS PAPE 11 1/2 '' .l -_.`. .) , ko, .Z. -. • I ' ' i ' • ' ,. 3.P -4 •kAY ' 'Q. , N - N 'naval and Military Int . ' : .0 . —t ---4 ' - - \ ie l •••,-;:. ' 6 'HE NAVY. k-reee_-:%-eer7 / , 0 The target ship America, at Poe is a number of iron plates bolted on .her sidt% foraial and experimental firing, which w ill furnish very interesting data, from their varying thicknesses, and especially so if fired at with spherical steel shot or shell. The Mersey Ironworks send a 51• inch plate for the Agincourt ; Messrs. Beale, of Parkgate Works, near Sheffield, send one of 0 inches for the Lord Clyde; Messrs. John Brown and Co., of the Atlas Steel and Iron Works, Shef field, send two for the Lord Warden of 44 inches and 5! inches, anl al3o a 4l inch for the It )yal Alfred. Messrs. Cemmell and Co., of ShEffield, send in their first selected plate, one of 54 inches, for the Lord Clyde, which has been sent round to Portsmouth from Pembroke dockyard, after having been sent to the letter place from Shefgeld. Tho Milwall Company furnish a plate of 6 inches in thickness for the Bellerophon, weighing 6 tons 16 cwt. 2 qrs., an& there is also a small bent plate for the Royal AI fred'a pilothouse. The firing will teka place in Porchester creek about Tuesday next. Her Majesty'e paddle-yaett Victoria and Albert is having her boilers taken out alongside Portsmouth dockyard, and will be supplied with a new set which have been constructed for her in the boiler department of the steam factory. The Osborne, Royal paddle yacht, is undergoing a partial refit in No. 7 dock. The Royal Alfred, converted screw frigate, to be ironcased in the northern building slip of Ports mouth dockyard, has three gangs of shipwrights employed on her, completing the riveting- of her - upper deck plating, fitting the comings of her hatchways, &c., preparatory to fitting her deck planking. At present she is lying with her ways and cradle in position for launching, for which, however, no date has yet been fixed. The Ship will be launched without any of her armour, and will be then placed in the dock now occupied by the Royal Sovereign, where she will be plated. The Royal Alfred is a sister vessel to the Royal Oak and' Prince Consort—a ea uoden ship wholly cased with armour plates, but without the inner iron skin posscissed by iron -built iron-clads. Ti..?, - - .."4 ; , ' l " f; 4 47 . _ -, , 45-,,, 1 v ' S The following appointments and promotion s have been made at the Admiralty :—Lient. E. St. J. Garforth, to the Princess Royal, for service in the Penguin; Sub-Lieut. Thomas E. Miller, to the Princess Royal; Gordon Glennie and Edward C. Moore, naval cadets, to the Princess Royal ; Charles F. Gulliver, second master, to the Princess Royal, for the Penguin ; Robert E. Ack low ; master's assistant, to the Princess Royal, for the Penguin ; C. Moreton, engineer, to the Indus, as supernumerary ; Thomas Robert Warren, Thomas Henry Taylor, Croft G. Symons, and James Thom• son, assistant-surgeons, promoted to be surgeons ; Capt. F. B. P. Symons, to the Royal Adelaide, vice Caldwell; Snb•Lieut. Richard B. Croft, to the Duncan ; Lionel Fanshawe, midshipman, to the Princess Royal; W. Stables, acting assist. surg., additional to the Princess Royal, for the Penguin ; James Torkington, assist.-engincer, to the Hector ; John Elder, assist.-engineer, to the Enryalus ; and Edward W. Newenhem, clerk, additional to the Princess Royal, for the Penguin. THE ARMY. Since the promulgation at Chatham of the order from the Horse Guards inviting volunteers from the depot and other companies of Royal Engineers for the works department in India the names of nearly 300 volunteers have been received at headquarters, Brompton, or about 100 more volunteers than are required by the terms of the Horse Guards' order- The list of the candidates has been forwarded to the Deputy-Adjutant-General, to be submitted to the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief for his ap proval. The Royal Engineers selected will not proceed to India until the month of July next, and in the meantime they will go through an extended course of instruction at the Topographical and Sur veying Schools, most of the noncommissioned offi.- cers and men who have volunteered having already completed their course of fieldwork instruction on the Royal Engineers' practising ground at thatham. Capt. H. Schaw, Royal Engineers, who is at the head of the Electric Telegraph and Photographic Schools at Chatham, has proceeded, by order of the Government, to Corfu, for the purpose of superin tending the demolition of the fortifications in that and the neighbouring islands previously to their being finally evacuated by the British forces. A party of nine officers of the Royal Engineers, together with a number of noncommis sioned officers, have left Chatham with Capt. Schaw to assist the officers and men of the 29th and 30th Companies, now stationed at Corfu, in de stroying the fortifications. During the absence of Captain Schaw the charge of the schools at Bromp ton barracks will devolve on Captain R. M. Par sons, who has joined at headquarters for that pur pose. The Boiler Explosion at Aberaman. ABERDARE, Wednesday Evening, 5 p.m. I have just telegraphed you of the terrible explo. sion which took place this afterncon at Aberaman Works, and now send you such particulars of the catastrophe as I have been able to collect from a hurried visit to the spot. Aberaman Ironworks are the property of Mr. C. Bailey, M.P., who is also the proprietor of large works of a similar kind at Beaufort and Nan tyglo, in Monmouthshire. They ere situated at the mouth of a small valley about a mile from the town of Aberdare, and give employment to the dense population of the long straggling village of Aberaman, and they are connected with the Taff Vale Railway by a branch line which effects a janc tion with the former near Treamon-station. This afternoon the works were proceeding as usual, and there was nothing apparently to apprehend from any portion of it, when of a sudden a loud crash and hissing of steam was heard, and at the same in stant the whole of the boilers and engine-house of the blast engine were enveloped with vapour. The startled workmen, at a safe distance, turned towards the scene, and were appalled at the sight of tw o huge tubular boilers, elevated to the height of a 100 feet and more, rushing with fearful velocity over the roof of the puddling furnaces, upon which one o f them descended with dire effect, crushing the iron roof as though it were pasteboard, smashing two puddling furnaces, destroying about GO yards of the roof, and involving everything in a common ruin. The distance o t e of r monsteroo yards purs f u ro e m d its course bed in w hich one h course and fell at a minute before it was fast ene d as firm as mortar and atone could bind it. Th e consequences were dread ful, One end of the engine house, a massive build ing of stone, four stories high, was knocked to atoms, and the roof, deprived support, came down w ith tremendous violence on the ma wn wi magnificent engine b e l ow , battering everything except the more and hot water massive beams to pieces. The steam from the boilers were scatt ered with the force o f sent flying a whirlwind, and heavy pieces of iron about in immense quantities, striking me n and children down in great numbers. But the merciless steam and boiling water did most mischief in the way of destroying life. Some of the poor fellows who were working immediately beneath the engine house and boilers were scalded frightfully, and one ;poor Irishman named Patrick Castelloe was literally buried in a mass of not ashes saturated with boiling water; his limbs were contorted in the most awful manner, and when he was dragged out from the ruins his charred body presented few marks of humanity about it. Another man named Mereditch was standingtohne the further side of the puddling furnaces wheu_ne boiler fell on the roof, killing him instantl.hr. r m " an of his feet was sevend from the leg. A" t e sc alding and s hower of debris the additional injury inflicte d by ria a me a d Henry Wil falling upon him. A little boy y w hea piece of metal named Thomas Lewis was kille d tram Hams was playing in the ya r d _0 a gon thee pletely fallin g e pletely open that th e bra i ns were struck him in the forehe inked up. The engineman ground when he vra! P a ru o f the engine h o u se, and had was buried in the a d and s p lit his head so corn ustained exceeds £ lO , O O O . that the d am age s • Alany bodie s it is sa id are yet missing. not been recovered w hen I left the sce ne. It is esti mated NORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES NOTI. 'E OF REMOVAL. The Di -ectors hereby give notice, the, in consequence of the immediate extension of the Londou, Ch ttham, and Dover Railway, hey have vac tte their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New Br , ckte-str( et, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES, No. 29, Fleet-stre - t. E.C. February 4, 1864. Wheeler and Wilson'e LOCK STITCH SEWING NIACHINES A predated by the Nobility. t it ee. it , ' vit a g t. eV 0 0 • opt